28. Rxd6 punishes 27...Rb8 Nakamura vs S Muhammad, 2004  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0 28. Qh6+! L Day vs Benko, 1980  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 1-0 21. Nh4!! Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0 44. Qxf7+! QxQ 45. Ra7+ would've been immediately decisive Anand vs Ivanchuk, 2005  (C11) French, 55 moves, 1-0 26. Rxg7! Kxg7 27. Bh6+ Salov vs V Terentev, 1982  (D85) Grunfeld, 26 moves, 1-0 39. Qh6+! Kasparov vs S Tatai, 1986  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 41 moves, 1-0 28. Qh8+! R Berzinsh vs J Pribyl, 2001  (B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 1-0 12. Nxc6!! Qxc6 13. Nd5! +- threatens Skewer or Knight Fork Fischer vs E Stepans, 1957  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 22...Rxe4! Magnus vs E Schallopp, 1868  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 0-1 24. Qg6+! Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1883  (C25) Vienna, 30 moves, 1-0 36. Rxc7+! Shulman vs A Savage, 2002  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 37 moves, 1-0 38...Qxf2+! isn't as strong, but should lead to an endgame win A Zaitsev vs Gipslis, 1969  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 41 moves, 0-1 If 44...Qd8??, then 45. Rb8! wins for White T Fogarasi vs D Breder, 2000  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 47 moves, 0-1 33. Qf4! leads to a winning skewer in Kasparov's line Stein vs Korchnoi, 1964  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 47 moves, 1-0 20...Rgxd4! Yanofsky vs Uhlmann, 1966  (C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 0-1 34...Qa2+! S Khodzhibekov vs Korchnoi, 1956  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 36 moves, 0-1 31. Rxh6! Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 32. Qxe5+! expedites the finish of a won game Unzicker vs Tal, 1975  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 32 moves, 1-0 31...Bxf3+! I Veinger vs G Timoscenko, 1998  (B20) Sicilian, 32 moves, 0-1 46...Rb4! G Stoltz vs Unzicker, 1952  (A04) Reti Opening, 49 moves, 0-1 11...Bxf2+! J Smith vs G Derrickson, 1860  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 0-1 29...Qxf1+! Blackburne vs Zukertort, 1876  (C45) Scotch Game, 34 moves, 0-1 39...Bxg3! sets up the threat of a a decisive skewer Korchnoi vs Averbakh, 1959  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 43 moves, 0-1 27. Bh4! is a decoy to remove the guard & win the exchange Plachetka vs E Mnatsakanian, 1979  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0 30...Rxe4! leads to a winning skewer (see my post & others) M Dutreeuw vs O Salmensuu, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1 52. Qh3! (or 52. Qh1!) sets up a skewer to win the Queen R Byrne vs J Tarjan, 1975  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 52 moves, 1-0 64...Nf3+! N Battulga vs F Firman Syah, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 67 moves, 0-1 56. Kf4!! prepares 57. Be6! with a decisive skwer threat Ljubojevic vs E Torre, 1975  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 70 moves, 1-0 28. Rxc5! wins a piece due to the skewer tactic threat Tarrasch vs Janowski, 1896  (C25) Vienna, 32 moves, 1-0 59. h7! prepares a winning skewer attack Carlsen vs Anand, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 77 moves, 1-0 32. Rh1! sets up 32...Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Rxa8 +- V Akopian vs Kramnik, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0 42...Qxb7+! 43. Kxc5 b4+ 44. Kc4 Qa6+ -+ Dzindzichashvili vs Tukmakov, 1971  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0 23...Bb7! uses a skewer threat to secure a won ending J Esser vs Breyer, 1916  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1 22. Qg3! wins due to the skewer and mate threat H Perez Garcia vs R Ziatdinov, 1994  (C49) Four Knights, 22 moves, 1-0 75...Bg5!? wins a second pawn but 75...Kc5! -+ is correct Suetin vs Botvinnik, 1952  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 76 moves, 0-1 32...Nxd6! sets up a skewer with a nasty mate threat Spassky vs Korchnoi, 2009  (C49) Four Knights, 35 moves, 0-1 44. Rxf7+! facilitates a skewer and a pawn promotion Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2010  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 44 moves, 1-0 51. Rd7! R G Wade vs R Sanguineti, 1958  (B32) Sicilian, 51 moves, 1-0 20. Bd2! gives Black a strong positional advantage A Stefanova vs Kamsky, 2010  (E01) Catalan, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1 55...Kf1! -+ sets up an endgame skewer Epishin vs S Polgar, 1991  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 65 moves, 0-1 44. Qxb7+! simplifies to a won King and Pawn endgame N Vlassov vs A Iljushin, 2003  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 47 moves, 1-0 87. Qc2+! uses a double attack to set up the skewer Navara vs Timman, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 87 moves, 1-0 38...Qe1+! leads to a winning skewer after 40. Kc4 Be2 -+ N Delgado Ramirez vs Dominguez Perez, 2005  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 39 moves, 0-1 72. Rd7! Qxd7 73. Qd2+ +- ends a pursuit combination Sasikiran vs V Laznicka, 2011  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 72 moves, 1-0 14...Qc6! mate threat provides tempo for a winning skewer D Rivera vs Fischer, 1962  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 16 moves, 0-1 30. Rxf8!+ B Lalic vs J C Hannet, 1998  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 1-0 34...Rf3+! solves Tuesday Mar 17, 2018 Caruana vs T Petrik, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 43 moves, 0-1 35...? solves Monday June 11, 2018 S Petrenko vs Chiburdanidze, 2008  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1 41...Raxe2 solves Tuesday June 12, 2018 M Efroimski vs T Munkhchuluun, 2008  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 0-1 49 games